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Chad Turner of Sydney Posted at 2:36 PM October 18, 2012

Whenever I hear something like this, I always ask "what was it, as part of our human evolution, that causes us to react this way?"
I think it is probably that pink and light reddish hues are one of the first colors that developing fetus' are aware of (ie. light passing through the womb)

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Shano Posted at 3:49 PM October 18, 2012

In the 80's, our high school had a time-out room that was entirely pink. Just the fear of going into there stopped some of the school's nutters from acting out.

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Noelene Nicholas of Tasmania Posted at 4:00 PM October 18, 2012

I read a book by an FBI profiler who did interviews in jail in the USA.He said he noticed big patches of paint missing off the walls in one prison.The warden told him that the prisoners were destroying the paint as they could not stand the pastel colours.They were eating the paint so they were not caught.Good luck with painting walls pink.More likely to cause aggression in my opinion.

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John from Alice Posted at 5:15 PM October 18, 2012

Experiments conducted years ago indicated colours could dramatically influence individuals' physical strength which led to using particular colours in interrogation rooms and holding cells.

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